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[Desire General] art0rs:
I've been looking for a new project.. I would be able to build a website and host it. I won't host any files as I lack the space, and copyright issues would kill me :) But links to files will work.

* Only chefs would be able to post their ROMs. Moderated by staff.

* Comparison tools. Compare different ROMs and different versions.

* Issue tracker (?) regular users would be able to post bugs and issues. Some chefs have Google Code pages, which act as issue trackers. Some don't. Either way, a centralized issue tracker would be nice. Could use for comparison as well.

I can't see why anyone hasn't done this before (that I know of). There are so many ROMs out there, and everything is so disorganized.

Post more ideas.
[Desire General] novinthen:
+1

Good idea. Hope it materialise soon. Too many ROM. Having headaches.
[Desire General] stuegg:
This is a great idea.

Google docs allows this kind of collaboration in a spreadsheet.

You can choose a list of editors and allow all others to view however allowing any user to edit is a good idea I think.. more like a wiki then.
[Desire General] seti1337:
i think one table in each Rom-Thread would be better like in the first post....so we dont have double work to do.

And i would prefere an table which is makeable with on-board means and not an extra thing like google etc.
[Desire General] elvis56:
Well it seems we pretty much all agree something is needed to list all the different rom features. Besides the things already mentioned does anyone have any features that should be in the list? I think we have a good starting point now

but maybe we've mised something.

A seperate database as suggested above would be best I think, it could be filled by having the rom cooker fill out a html form and store the input in a database. Once it's in the database we can output the data in any way we want.

As I see it the quick solution is a google spreadsheet, the best solution is a database. I am not a programmer myself but I'm sure there are many talented people here.

@art0rs: Could you make something like that?
[Desire General] bloodeyes:
Just for your information, I translate my spreadsheet in English. (French sheet and English sheet)

If you want, you can updated it.
[Desire General] art0rz:
I was thinking more of predefined fields that chefs can fill in. The fields will change according to type of device (Winmo, Android, more?) as different devices can have different features.

This shouldn't be hard to make. And I've already started to draw up an FO and wireframe. If anyone can do a bit of design I would be very happy. I can't design for ****.

Perhaps I will make a separate topic dedicated to this idea.

I will also need mods. I've been out of the Winmo scene for too long to know what's new.

I do not like the idea of doing a Wiki/spreadsheet project. They allow others (non-chefs, regular users) to edit data that I would only like chefs to edit.
[Desire General] st0kes:
This is a nice idea, but this is already halfway implemented with rom manager, IMO it would probably be best to build on that? We can't expect rom developers to update multiple places/docs when they update their roms can we ... ?
[Desire General] martinlong78:
Not everybody uses ROM manager, and not all of the roms are in there.

Maybe if somebody (i could do it later), sets up a shared google spreadsheet, and assigns several maintainers (volunteers), it would be an easy way to share the load?
[Desire General] elvis56:
Completely right, that's why there should be 1 central place where the data is entered, then the forum and programs like rom manager can get the data from there.

I have been giving this some more thought, maybe a standard html table with fields for the rom cookers to fill out would be enough. This would require a change to the forum software though i think.

How is the rom information implemented in rom manager at the moment?
[Desire General] Skimi:
+1 for the ROM Organize
[Desire General] martinlong78:
Yes, it would mean database changes, php changes, probably some middleware components to change. It wouldn't be straight forward.
[Desire General] martinlong78:
Here's a start, roughly based on the image in the first post:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?...Vb0hQV0dDNHJlbGtXTUxjeVE&hl=en_GB&output=html

Anybody want to be a maintainer? message me your email address

Would be good if we can get the content off the french spreadsheet too.
[Desire General] rosebud:
Should be relatively easy actually, have a seperate "post rom" option that presents you with the numerous fields required for our "table", this would then be posted and formated as post 1 in the thread, on creation of this post, a trigger could be trigged on the back end database to copy the information in to a rom releases table, this could then be presented as a list of current roms on a seperate page... no additional admin for the posters and we have our tables!
[Desire General] Lyson:
Looks quite good ;) Keep on doing this and give us some serious table :D
[Desire General] jonathanmorley:
I've just been working on the French spreadsheet, theres a separate table now for English. Have a look at the tab on the bottom. Its mostly complete
[Desire General] martinlong78:
Oh cool!

Scrap the one I did then. This is much better.

Could we get it put on a sticky maybe?
[Desire General] martinlong78:
In fact, a link to a published version might be better... and there is a link to edit at the bottom.

Nice work johnathanmorley
[Desire General] traspler:
Not good enough?? - http://db.androidspin.com/androidspin_release_matrix.asp
[Desire General] elvis56:
Wow that looks great, very similar to what i had in mind. Has this been online for a long time already? Nobody in this thread seems to know that site. It reminds me of the matrix at opensourcecms.
[Desire General] jastonas:
Nice but it is not updated daily...
[Desire General] foxmeister:
And that is always going to be the problem with any effort like this.

It's a great idea, but keeping it up to the minute is going to need a good few volunteers prepared to take the time out to maintain the list regularly.

Regards,

Dave
[Desire General] alex_hk90:
True, but as long as it's easy enough for anyone to maintain the list (maybe put it in the Wiki when that comes back online) then you'd hope that with the popular ROMs, at least one person who uses the ROM would take the time to update the list for that particular ROM.

Generally, I think it's a very good idea. At the moment the only way to compare the ROMs is to read each of their descriptions, which takes time and are not always consistent with each other.
[Desire General] elvis56:
As pretty much all roms are announced on the forum here I think the easiest way to keep track of all the rom features and to keep it up to date is to let the rom cookers fill out an HTML form which generates a html table with all the features listed. This way all the roms can be compared easily and by copying the tables from each rom thread one could make a comparison page.

However as i said before this would require changes to the forum software as there is currently no option to add tables/html code. Maybe adding special permissions for rom cookers would be an option.
[Desire General] foxmeister:
This puts the onus on the rom cookers themselves, which they may not be prepared to do.

Regards,

Dave
[Desire General] art0rs:
This is the dilemma we're facing. It is too much work for site staff to keep track of new roms and devices. Plus, the cookers know their ROMs best, so they should be the ones posting information about them.
[Desire General] alex_hk90:
This is why I'd have it as a public (to forum users) Wiki - so the ones making the ROMs could fill it out if they wanted, but if they didn't then any of the users of the ROM could do so themselves.
[Desire General] trinityEon:
+1 from me, Absolutely great idea. Not sure if it was mentioned before, but the developer should be able to place a link to their ROM, making it easier to find, also supported devices if it is relevant.

A possible place for this idea could be something like this find: cookandroid . com

When it is up and running, please can the Owner of this thread or somebody post a link on the First thread.

AndroidSpin is not regularly enough updated, If it is here it definitely can be as suggested in previous posts, with the links to the ROM, however if the ROM cookers dont update then they will not get the publicity for their ROMs, as this will become the first place everyone will look for the newest and best ROM for their taste.

I like the wiki idea as well as it becomes a community maintained effort, and people who abuse and deface other developers ROMS are logged and banned possibly

Keep up the good work :)
[Desire General] nemolivier:
So it should be in rommanager !
[Desire General] bloodeyes:
Update OK in french, but not in english.
[Desire General] LOADSABEER:
Some great ideas guys.

I'd just like to add that for myself personally, and probably others, it would be AMAZING to see the size of the boot.img before downloading on my stupid 0.5Mbit broadband!

It gets very annoying downloading roms to find that the boot image is over 2304kB... of which they mostly are, but hey I'm just one of the unlucky ones :)
[Desire General] bloodeyes:
Anybody updated the English version?
[Desire General] trinityEon:
Just a quick question, if the matrix should also include beta versions and a,b,c versions as well?
[Vibrant General] socal_brandon:
Hey guys, sorry if this has been answered, I did search, I swear! :)

I've heard I should be able to edit the dock icons other than the app/home icon.. For the love of God I can't figure out how!

Anyone want to enlighten me? :)

EDIT:

Turns out they called it 'apps' and 'toolbar':

t=726399
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
go into the app draw > menu > edit then drag and drop to the toolbar.
[Vibrant General] gthmcty1:
Is this in the regular settings menu?
[Vibrant General] Mookie_Jones:
I opened up my applications and then selected the context button and changed the type to custom, and then selected edit.
[Vibrant General] gthmcty1:
That worked!! Thank you!!
[Vibrant General] timafey:
I must be stupid because I dont get it... when i go in my apps and click menu I just have the option to sort... nothing about editing anything

Edit:

Click application menu>edit>customizable grid

Then in applications menu>edit
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
open app draw > menu > view type > customizable grid > take you back to app draw.

menu > edit > takes you back to app draw > press and hold icon to move it or drag to the tool bar.
[Vibrant General] bigragu:
Shooooo. That's the antonym of intuitive.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
FYI to the OP and to others who may not have know, this and a lot more is in the sticky.
[Vibrant General] starryeyez:
DUH

OMG Thank you so much. I've looked every where, Glad I finally found this thread. It is over a year old but works the same on the Sgs2 ...... Many Thanks
[Droid Eris Android Development] K0CAW:
Thank you for the work! Will try this as soon as I get home tonight.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jhart15063:
no live wallpapers in the sense ROM?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Sjflowerhorn:
linpack/quadrant scores anybody?
[Droid Eris Android Development] pkopalek:
In EvilEris's first page of the thread there is a LiveWallpapers patch, that puts in a rosie that does LWP.

It works great, except that the Rosie graphics are all jacked up.

He stated that he will fix it very soon, based on demand, and that will be flashable on this (or probably any de-odex'd senseui rom).
[Droid Eris Android Development] loki154:
I'm getting:

linpack scores of 3.3 @768 MHZ, but I don't believe that this rom is seeing my A2sd partition.

Quadrant score of 259
[Droid Eris Android Development] cynikalJ:
So when will this be back up for download?
[Droid Eris Android Development] zach.xtr:
fixing now... Somehow removed a few libs needed for the apps2sd before building final zip. :o

Should be up in the next 60 mins
[Droid Eris Android Development] loki154:
Great to hear, I'll rerun the test once i get the fix. It seemed to be light on its feet @768 and stable. Though I prefer XtrRom 3.03 :D. What can I say, I like stock over Sense.
[Droid Eris Android Development] pkopalek:
In instructions below "TO INSTALL", I might suggest you add the step to wipe data and/or dalvik cache.
[Droid Eris Android Development] zach.xtr:
xtrSENSE3.0.3-fixed.zip is up

xtrSENSE3.0.3-fixed.zip is up.

Enjoy!
[Droid Eris Android Development] K0CAW:
Anyone have the MD5?

EDIT: This is what I have...

57D3352BBEFEBDED5E784A6D19B9D70D
[Droid Eris Android Development] joshw0000:
That was a REALLY thorough write-up on this rom. I learned most of the stuff you wrote about through hours of online research and bootloops (when I did something wrong). I wish I would have flashed this as my first custom rom! I wish all developers would explain their roms this thoroughly....screw it, I'm bookmarking this page for future reference.
[Droid Eris Android Development] loki154:
A2SD is still not working. Nothing is being saved to my ext3 partition.
[Droid Eris Android Development] zach.xtr:
Hum... did you flash the apps2sd toggle on zip?

I am runnig it now without issue.
[Droid Eris Android Development] rvpartsguy:
where is the downloaded for this file ? also jit ?

sorry .... i am reading and i am somewhat lost and far from a noob ...., on your other rom i see all the flashable modules
[Droid Eris Android Development] loki154:
Which toggle the one from XtrRom 3.0.3? I didn't see the toggles on this page. I assumed they were set to on.
[Droid Eris Android Development] zach.xtr:
I can hit over 5.1+ with jit and oc @ 748. Do seem to lose a little stability on my phone that high.
[Droid Eris Android Development] zach.xtr:
The reqired files are added to your sd card when you flash the base rom ;) just reboot to recovery and you will see them.

Lol i may have made it too streamlined for those use to xtrROM. Suggestions for better instructions are welcome :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdancer:
Just picked up the Vibrant (T-Mobile's version of Galaxy S) today. Is there another USB tether program besides PDAnet for Android? Hopefully point and click.

Thanks for replying.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkstriker:
I'm afraid you are at the wrong address here. The International Version of the SGS has an integrated piece of software that has been reported to work flawlessly.

For one you have a device specific forum and if nothing is going on, your post still doesn't belong in Android Development but in the Application section of this Subforum.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] perfectlysquare:
probably you should try easytether! great program for tethering your internet connection via usb!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lunchbox115:
Isn't there a possibility to debrand the Vibrant and to flash a not-branded firmware which allows USB-tethering. Some providers here in Austria lock this feature too but after debranding it works well. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dorilife:
I used PDA net for a long time, its the best Usb thether app!

You could also try updating the phone, you would get usb thether option and mobile ap also..
[EVO 4G General] brittonx:
I can get the EVO itself to connect to the VPN at my office.

What I am having problems with is getting a laptop connected to the EVO (either tethered or WiFi) to be able to establish a VPN connection to the office. OS: Windows 7 Pro. The connection hangs at verifying username and password.

This is important to me as I had been hoping to be able to eliminate the mobile broadband card I'm paying for. I cannot however unless I can get my laptop connected and using the company VPN.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
[EVO 4G General] brittonx:
a point of clarification...

When trying to connect the laptop to the company VPN, the EVO itself is not connected to the VPN (which would be redundant).
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
This small tweak was done as a personal preference on my part. Don't know if others will find value in it or not, but figured I'd share since I spent to them to make the tweak.

It has always bothered me that when I pull up the dialer, that the bottom right button provides for the ability to 'View Call History', when the call history is already presented by default when opening the dialer.

For me, it would be more convenient, when opening the dialer, to have the button default to my contacts list, rather than call history, so this is what this mod/tweak accomplishes. That is, it modifies the functionality of the bottom right button on the dialer taskbar, in order to default, when pressed, to your 'All Contacts' list, rather than the 'Call History'.

Old Dialer Setup w/ Call History Button (bottom right):

New Dialer Setup w/ All Contacts Button (bottom right):

Note: This mod is provided as a MetaMorph, as such, it will only change the button behavior and icon, but NOT the look (color) of your dialer. This mod also includes the NO Haptic feedback when dialing

XML MetaMorph Control File <--- Apply using the latest MetaMorph Application
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Tibedabeeto:
That has always bothered me too, but I just dealt with it. Now that you created this update I will have to try it out. Thanks

Works like a charm.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Cool. It just seems to make more sense to me, providing quicker access to your contacts, as opposed to call history.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] c00ller:
Isn't it faster to just type the name of the contact you want? And if they have multiple numbers, swiping left and right will let you scroll through the numbers.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Different strokes for different folks I guess. What mod have you published that I can critique?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] c00ller:
Sorry if I came off as condescending toward your mod. Didn't mean it like that.
[Nexus One General] AbsoluteDesignz:
[YOUTUBE]CzmQmJE7ews[/YOUTUBE]

Madd Chadd
[Nexus One General] ericc191:
lol, that's pretty cool.
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
That's a Good One! LOL :D
[Nexus One General] nxt:
www hulu.com/the-lxd

Episode 3 is his episode. Pretty awesome.

Sent from my Nexus One
[Nexus One General] cue_32:
WOW... I'm still not sure whether that's a REAL robot or a FAKE person. Very convincing.
[Nexus One General] AbsoluteDesignz:
lol yea...
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] dkhait:
Does anyone know how to change that green into blue?? i got all the rest done, but cant find the apk for this
[Nexus One Android Development] luckycook82:
Alright everyone, I bought my wife the Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S today and so far I have to admit, it's a nice device. And there is a awesome feature that I would love to see added to the Nexus One, T.V. Output.... It's something I would personally use all the time, and it would be fun to show off.

I'm not a developer so I can't say if this is possible. But if someone has the ability and the time to make this happen on the Nexus One that would be Great!
[Nexus One Android Development] imfloflo:
I was tweeting about this, this afternoon i'm going to test my Zen vision M output cable.

It seems samsung is 4 channel in the jack instead the nexus one only 2 so maybe impossible with this hardware.

usb ... ?

Edit: tested with a video from gallery and only the sound, i think we need an apps that send the video output maybe wait for the dump and port of the rom

edit2 :where is this display &sound, not on 2.2

how many output channel does the nexus one have?
[Nexus One Android Development] luckycook82:
Well I already used my same cable that work with my iPod 5th gen, and the Samsung, but no luck with the Nexus. The samsung actually has a setting to turn on the T.V. Output in the Display & Sound section of the settings menu. So it's not automatic.
[Nexus One Android Development] header2k:
Get an usb->DVI adapter and the usb-host driver from sven killig.
[Nexus One Android Development] dskyers:
I actually would love that.. I use phone with TV radio in car for music I have the auxiliary to 3.5 Jack and plug it in works for muisc perfect even talking on phone in car through speakers fine... iPod has TV out too... maybe that helps
[Nexus One Android Development] imfloflo:
Maybe intersectRaven need to find us a kernel hack for this too ^^

We need function or something (aps ) to send signal on all different jack channel
[Nexus One Android Development] h_zee13:
this would really be interesting if you guys get it to work
[Nexus One Android Development] luckycook82:
On the Samsung the settings menu is set up different it looks like they may have modified it. Galaxy S is running 2.1 and unlike our nexus ones, the sound and display settings are combined. Perhaps our froyo has changed it but I don't think that's the case.

I'm with you though. Maybe once they port the Galaxy S we'll get the option opened up to us.
[Nexus One Android Development] imfloflo:
But this is not just in the rom this is in the kernel ?
[Nexus One Android Development] luckycook82:
I have no idea
[Nexus One Android Development] My_Name_Is_Neo:
If you have DLNA compliant device in your media center, your TV, HTPC, Xbox or ps3. if you have any one of them then you need this app. called TwonkyServer Mobile

I use twonky server on my home server and my Nexus to stream my media to my ps3.
[Nexus One Android Development] knightnz:
Electrically all you need is the standard 4 pins for the TRRS connector (left/right/data/ground). The N1 recognises the data pin as an input, so if someone can manage to get it to output composite video on that pin then you may be in business.

If there isn't already something in the ROM/radio to support it, then writing a composite video encoder from scratch would be a helluva lot of work I would've thought though, so if it's not an easy hack (which I suspect it's not), then I dunno if anyone would want to step up for that one :)
[Nexus One Android Development] ianken:
If the physical connector lacks the pins you're fuxored. Analog video is a huge pita. You can no more get composite video out of a regular headphone jack than you could from a serial port. Apples vs. Oranges.

You want video out? Time for a new phone.
[Nexus One Android Development] behelit:
agreed but what about micro usb?

htc have a cable for tv out on the incredible: http://shop.htcpedia.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=875&compability_product=757
[Nexus One Android Development] luckycook82:
That's exactly why I stated this thread. To see if it's even a option.

What I'm hearing is that as long as the Nexus One has a 4 pin 3.5mm jack it's conceivable to suggest we can get video output. So long as we can get the right programming... Right?

So if the samsung galaxy s phones have the code and interface, and they're running Android 2.1. Would it then be possible to get the information we need from the file dump of one of these phone. Then use it on the Nexus One (assuming we have the right jack) and have video output on our far from out-dated phones?

And does anyone know where we can find this information?
[Nexus One Android Development] luckycook82:
Is there a option in the phones settings to enable that feature or does the cable just make it work?
[Nexus One Android Development] luckycook82:
Q

There is a disclaimer stating that this cable will only work for the droid incredible and no other htc phone. Anyone willing to buy one to test it? Or better yet, know someone with the Droid Incredible and this cable that can borrow it to test it out?
[Nexus One Android Development] behelit:
it's most likely a feature of the software/rom but given that the phone's are somewhat similar i don't see why the nexus one couldn't be modded to do it.
[Nexus One Android Development] luckycook82:
Even easier with a Incredible Dump I'm sure. I see over in the Vibrant forum # wesgarner has released a dump for the Samsung, how hard would it be to make this work on the Nexus One? I really wish I knew how to cook but I'm just a noob. About the best I do is make my own metamorphs....lol
[Nexus One Android Development] joshlusignan:
I actually LOL when I read this part of the post...been a long day.